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Date:      27 Feb 2001 17:41:27 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hooking a Radio (Atomic) Clock to FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <441ysj92aw.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu's message of "27 Feb 2001 23:18:58 %2B0100"
References:  <200102272156.NAA2003286@meer.meer.net> <200102272214.f1RMEQ671925@fac13.ds.psu.edu>

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hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu (hawk) writes:

> > 	I'm not sure where to ask this.  I want to hook a radio clock
> > to a serial or other input on my FreBSD machine so I'll be a Stratum 2
> > server.  Does anyone know where to get such a clock and what software
> > I'd need?  I don't see anything in the PORTS collection after a quick
> > scan.  Can xntp just talk to one of these thigns to serve time?
> 
> It's not in the ports :)  Run /stand/sysinstall, configure, and 
> network services. Select ntpdate, and choose a server.

Actually, for a reference clock, he needs ntpd, not ntpdate, and he
can't configure this from sysinstall.  The instructions for
configuring it are in the manual for ntp.conf(5), although close
reference to /usr/share/doc/ntp will be necessary as well.

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